Baldwin Student Art Unveiled at African American Museum

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HEMPSTEAD, NY. — On a freezing night in Hempstead, students, teachers, administrators and parents from the Baldwin School District journeyed to the Joysetta & Julius Pearse African American Museum of Nassau County to see the unveiling of a student art exhibit in the museum. It’s the fourth year of a partnership between the African American Museum and the Baldwin School District that gives student artists the opportunity to display their art as a way to celebrate Black History Month.

The student gallery is housed at the rear of the museum, at the center of a room already fit with museum installations about giants of Black history. On one wall, there are photos and biographies of Malcolm X, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., John Lewis, Rosa Parks and Thurgood Marshall. On the opposite, there are installations on Shirley Chisholm, Jack Johnson and Susie King Taylor. In the middle, there’s artwork from Jameek Neely-Means, Zayenka Maitre, Samiah Banjo and more, with a total of 72 Baldwin students in grades three through 12 contributing to the exhibit.

In some pieces, student artists photographed their classmates in front of a monotone backdrop. In others, the students made collages around photos of figures they admired, or drew portraits of them. Some students made their own jewelry for display in the exhibit, others traced hands to emulate the work of Lois Mailou Jones.

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